Holiday Week

Here are some images from our Christmas week.

Z plays in the final week of his roller hockey class:

You better watch out, you better not shout...:

We drove to Santa Fe just before Christmas. Got a good dose of green chile, family and (as a bonus) a full moon:



I slipped out early in the morning for a little ski tour in the old stomping grounds on the day before the day before Christmas:







The drive home on the 25th looked like this for much of the way (Salida):



Then a another great day on skis on the 26th:

Another Day in the Snow

Enjoyed a beautiful day in the mountains with the ski buddies on Sunday.


More pictures here.

Tree Cutting

We had an outstanding day of sledding and tree-cutting thanks to our friends Brendan and Julia who invited us to their annual shindig.

Never ceases to amaze me how that tiny looking little tree out there in the forest fills up your whole living room.

Photo credit: Henry A.

And a few of my pictures:


More pictures can be found here.

CP

It felt great to get out for a day of skiing. The snow was "variable" to say the least. Some good turns, some crashes, a few nice views, and some reminders of the fragile snow pack.

Yet another post...

Yet another post...in the ongoing series "Bike ride sunrise pictures."

Turkey Day Snow

We started off Thanksgiving with the annual 4-mile Thanksgiving Day Run. We walked/ran it as a family in 57 minutes. It was a cold one with a start time temp of under 20 degrees.

Friday we did our best to celebrate Buy Nothing Day. :)

We got a little snow the other day. Just enough to make the sleds go downhill.

Load 'em up:

Brotherly Love:

Knuckle Dragger:

There's some snow under there somewhere:

The end.

New baby warm fuzzies

I was lucky enough to take some pictures of our friends' new baby, Hope.

A is for Adorable. Almost made me want to have another one. OK, not really, but this one sure is sweet. :)

Timothy's Recipe for Happiness:

Take one part Beautiful November Morning, stir in equal amounts of Climbs, Descents, Rocks, Roots, and Buff Trail, then serve with a BRAND NEW Ibis Mojo!

If that doesn't put a smile on your face, you're probably beyond help. :)


More pictures here.

unrelated, random happenings

This post has no rhyme or reason and no theme other than these are all pictures I took in the last week.

Watching the trials riders at the new Spring Canyon Park:

Laura Engles for Halloween spells C-U-T-E!

Visit from G-ma e:

Birthday wish:

And kicking field goals with paper footballs and legos:

Inching for Winter

Winter is coming, you can feel it. But not much snow yet. So here's a little video from last year for good snow karma.

Hunter's Moon

I learned some fun things about the October full moon here.